Tag Archives: Safe Shelter

Safe Space for Someone Else’s Kids

There are over 400,000 foster children in America. Their own parents are unable, unwilling or unfit to care for them. Some kids spend a few weeks in the foster care system. Others are in foster care for years, sometimes bounced … Continue reading

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Safe Shelter at the End of Life

  When life is good, we wrap our mortality in a distant fog, hoping some far-off day to go to sleep in bed and wake up in heaven. But when pain and suffering take hold, we dust off our hope … Continue reading

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Safe Cities

There are big problems in our big cities: homelessness, gangs, crime, addiction, dysfunctional schools, poverty. Inner-city churches need our help. If you’re close by, volunteer. No matter where you are, pray.   Lord, shelter your houses of worship in our … Continue reading

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Safe Reentry

“As release day approaches, the problems awaiting prisoners on the other side of the gate can be overwhelming. For years, they’ve been told when to eat, what to wear, and where to go. Now suddenly they will have to make … Continue reading

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Unsafe Souls

“There is something very wrong with a system that makes it easier to arrest a homeless person than to get him the treatment he needs.” Marjorie L. Baldwin, PhD Homeless, Mentally Ill and Neglected   Estimates are that 20-30% of … Continue reading

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Shelter for Grieving Fathers

On Father’s Day, SHOCKWAVES (Healing the Shockwaves of Abortion) offers this prayer for fathers who lost a child to abortion. It is a beautiful prayer. I offer it here for all men who have missed their opportunity for fatherhood–via abortion, … Continue reading

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Safe Children, Loved Children

  “Americans recognize Mother’s Day, Father’s Day… so why not a national Children’s Day? A day that revives, celebrates, and commits to our children and their future.” NationalChildrensDay.US   The second Sunday in June is Children’s Day.  Many children in America … Continue reading

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Safe Shelter for Those Who Provide Safe Shelter

We read stories about brave folks who, back in Hitler’s time, risked their lives to protect others. We may wish that had been the end of religious persecution, but we know better. There are still places where people of faith … Continue reading

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Safe Space for PTSD

“Combat Trauma and PTSD are not just psychological conditions. They are spiritual as well.” This wisdom comes from Cru Military, a Christian ministry with a dual focus: 1) helping the military community, and 2) training, equipping, and supporting individuals, churches, and ministries … Continue reading

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Safe Shelter in Paradise

Hawaii has been hammered: flood, volcano, earthquake. 50 inches of rain in 24 hours in Kauai. Kilauea’s eruption. Repeated earthquakes. Where do you go when the ground shakes, the mountains explode, the air is thick and water covers the dry … Continue reading

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